Hair curler



Dec. 28. 1937. V w HUPPERT 2,103,535

HAIR CURLER Filled May 28, 1956 BY A M M ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 28, 1937 PAT NT OFFICE HAIR CURLER William Huppert, New

York, N. Y., assignor to Delamere Company, Inc, a corporation of Belaware Application May 28,

8 Claims.

This invention relates to a hair curler and particularly to the type of curler comprising a tubular member around which the hair maybe wound ing thehair wound on the curler and retaining the curler temporarily in place in the hair.

The principal object of this'invention is to provide a curler of this type having means for automatically holding the clamping member in its raised or-opened position and for resiliently pressing it downwardly against the tubular member in its closed position.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear-from the following description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the curler with the clamping member closed;

Fig. 2 is a similar sectional view showing the clamping member in its raised or open position;

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the device; I

Fig. 4 is a detailed perspective view of the spring element of the device; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective View, partly broken away, of the inset plate of the clamping member.

In the drawing, I indicates the tubular member which is preferably slightly conical as shown, although it may be of cylindrical or any other shape. II is a semi-tubular or concave clamping member or jaw which is pivotally connected at I2 to the tubular member so that it may be raised or lowered relative to the tubular member about the point of pivotal connection. The members Ill and II are preferably made of aluminum although they may be made of other light weight metal orsubstantially rigid material. The members I0 and H may be either imperforated or perforated as is conventional practice in such curlers. Said members may each have a finger grip portion, I3 and I4 respectively, extending rearward from the point of pivoted connection.

The particular curler illustrated in the drawing is provided with a wire loop element I having 'inturned ends I6 that pass through alined holes in the rear ends'of the tubular and semitubular members to pivotally connect the two together and to permit the loop I5 toswing about 7 in the member I I so that the upper surface of the 1936, Serial No. 82,197

the point of pivotal connection. While the use of a wire loop is desirable, it does not constitute an essential part of the invention and may be substituted by other hair clasping means or eliminated altogether. The loop functions, as usual in such devices, to embrace the hair wound around'the curler so as tohold it against unwinding and -to maintain the curler temporarily in place in the hair.

I1 is a U-shaped spring the lower end I8 of which is curved slightly downward. The upper end of the spring terminates in an upstanding U-shaped-bend I9. The spring I! is disposed between the members ID and II, extending inwardly into the bore of the tubular member Ill beyond the point of pivotal connection I2 and having its low-er end I8 engaged in the boss or notch 20 stamped or formed adjacent' to the rear'end of said member II]. The upper end I9 is confined by the abutting rear edge 2! of the member is.

22 is a thin plate of steel or other suitable metal having a central raised portion 23 surrounded .by a shoulder 24. The plate provides a surface against which the upper end I9 of the spring bears and it is inset, with a driving fit, into an opening Cir portion 23 of the plate is substantially flush with the upper surface of the member I I. Said upper surface of the plate portion 23 may be knurled, as indicated in Fig. 3, to give a good gripping surface for the finger in raising the member II against the pressure of the spring H. The member II may further be provided with a boss 25, corresponding to the boss for uniformity of appearance and to afford the finger of the operator an additional grip on the end of the member II.

The upper end portion I9 of the spring normally presses upwardly against the inner surface of the central portion 23 of the plate 22 at a point substantially rearwards from the point of pivotal connection I2 of themembers II] and II soas to press the member II downwardly against the member Ill. When the member II is raised to its open position, as shown in Fig. 2, the end II! of the spring is depressed until it contacts with the front part of the shoulder 24. In this position theupper end I9 of the spring presses against the shoulder 24 with an upward and forward thrust which acts to hold the member II in raised position until it is pressed down again. It will be noted that in the raised position of the member II, the end I9 of the spring presses against the plate 22 at a point in front of the imaginary line X-X extending normal to the member II and through the center of the pivotal point [2, while in the closed position it presses against the plate at a point to the rear of said line.

With the ordinary hair curlers of the type using a spring to press the semi-tubular member against the tubular member, the former must be held open by finger pressure until the ends of the hair are placed on the tubular member whereupon the semi-tubular member is released to clamp down on the ends of the hair. The present invention eliminates the necessity of holding the semi-tubular clamping member or jaw in its open position as the spring automatically does this when the said member is moved into raised position.

Various modifications in the details of construction and arrangement of parts herein illustrated and described may be made within the scope of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a hair curler, a terete form around which hair may be wound, a jaw pivotally connected to the form for clamping hair-ends thereon prior to winding, and means for pressing the jaw against the ,form in closed position and for holding the jaw in raised or open position.

2. In a. hair curler, a terete form around which hair may be wound, a jaw pivotally connected to the form for clamping hair-ends thereonprior to winding, and resilient means pressing against the jaw for holding it open in its raised position and for urging it against the form in closed position.

3. In a haircurler, a tubular member, a semitubular member pivotally connected thereto adjacent one end, and a spring disposed within the tubular member and having an end portion pressing against the semi-tubular member to urge it against the tubular member in closed position and to hold it raised in open-position.

4. In a hair curler, a tubular member, a semitubular member pivotally connected thereto, a spring having one end fixed relatively to the tubular member and having its other endpressing against the semi-tubular member to urge the latter downwardly in its closed position and to hold it raised in open position.

5. In a hair curler, the combination with two cooperating pivotally connected members, of resilient means pressing on one of the members to urge it against the other member in closed position and to hold it raised in open position.

6. In a hair curler, a tubular member and a semi-tubular member pivotally connected together, each member having an end portion extending rearwardly from the point of pivotal connection, a recess extending transversely across said end portion of the tubular member, a U- shaped spring having one end resting in said recess and having its other end pressing against the rearwardly extending end portion of the semitubular member and free to slide, within limits, relative thereto, said spring in one position acting to urge the semi-tubular member against the tubular member and in another position to hold the semi-tubular member raised.

7. In a hair curler, a tubular member, a semitubular member pivotally connected thereto, a Wire loop member having inturned ends passing through the point of pivotal connection, .said loop member being swingable' relatively to the tubular member, and a spring interposed between the tubular member and the semi-tubular member to press the latter against the former in closed position and to hold the semi-tubular member raised in its open position.

8. In a hair curler, a tubular body, a clamping member hinged to the body, and means pressing against the clamping member at a point in advance of a line extending perpendicularly from the clamping member through the hinging point to hold the clamping member in raised position and at a point to the rear of said line to urge said clamping member into closed position.

WILLIAM HUPPERT. 

